Western Debbie Laliberte Rudman studies ’third places,’ environments outside of home and work, and what they mean to those with unstable employment. (Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications photo)
Western Debbie Laliberte Rudman studies 'third places,' environments outside of home and work, and what they mean to those with unstable employment. (Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications photo) You're out of work - retired, unemployed or between gigs - and need to get out of your home. Where do you go for connection? Western health sciences professor Debbie Laliberte Rudman is finding out. She studies the concept of "third places," environments outside of home and work - the first and second places - where people go to do things together and connect socially with others. Those spaces can include everything from coffee shops to board game clubs to recreation centres. But Rudman's research focuses specifically on those who don't have a stable workplace. "We all need to feel connected to other people; that's essential for health and well-being, both at an individual and a community level.
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